Lettinga, Michael Patrick

LETTINGA – Michael Patrick Lettinga, aged 44 of Byron Center. He lived with Type I Diabetes his whole life and passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, August 7, 2011. He was preceded in death by his mother, Judy Lettinga; step-mother, Mary Kay Lettinga. Surviving are his loving wife, Connie; children, Crystal and Coral; father, Wilbur A. and step-mother, Sharon Lettinga; brother and sisters, Bill and Rochelle Lettinga, Pastor Missy Lettinga, Cynde and Steve Damstra; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Larry and Glenda Silvernail; brothers-in-law, Brian and Michele Silvernail, Perry and Jill Silvernail; step-brothers and sisters, Ben Ipema, Denise and Tim Tamminga, Diane and Brian Bartels;  and several nieces and nephews.  Michael was a partner and CFO at Kentland Corporation and served as the treasurer of Hope Network Foundation and as a board member of the DeVos Children’s Hospital Foundation. He and his wife, Connie helped raise funds for many organizations, including Children’s Miracle Network, Hope Network’s Coral Lettinga Center for Autism and Davenport University.  The family will receive relatives and friends Tuesday 6-8 pm and Wednesday 2-4 and 6-8 pm at the Matthysse-Kuiper-DeGraaf Chapel (Kentwood), 4646 Kalamazoo SE.  Funeral services for Michael will be held Thursday at 11:00 am at Princeton Christian Reformed Church, 5330 Kalamazoo SE with Rev. John Hellinga officiating. Interment in Winchester Cemetery. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Coral Lettinga Center for Autism c/o Hope Network, 795 – 36^th St. SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan  49548.